Eurasia Press & News
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that Iran is keen on developing relations with independent European states.
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October, 2006
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3 October
Ahmadinejad calls for restoring dignity of Islamic countries
Outgoing Omani Ambassador to Tehran Abdullah bin Salem bin al-Shanfari here Sunday called on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to discuss issues of mutual interest.
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3 October
New Fateh-Hamas clash in Rafah kills 2, injures 14
GAZA CITY (AP) — Gunbattles erupted Monday night between Fateh and Hamas members in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, killing two people and wounding 14 others a day after a deadly explosion of internal violence paralysed the Gaza Strip.
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Maliki pushes peace plan
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister on Monday announced a new plan aimed at ending the deepening crisis between Shiite and Sunni parties in his government and uniting them behind the drive to stop sectarian killings that have bloodied the country for months.
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CSI Baghdad hunting for truth in combat zone
BAGHDAD — A 30,000 per cent increase in the murder rate would overwhelm the best equipped detectives, but Lieutenant Colonel Amir of CSI Baghdad refuses to despair.
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Iran determined to expand uranium enrichment programme — Ahmadinejad
TEHRAN (AP) — Iran’s president said his country was determined to expand its uranium enrichment programme, announcing a plan to produce more nuclear fuel and calling allegations that Tehran was seeking nuclear weapons
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French hostages in Yemen freed
SANAA (AFP) — Four French nationals kidnapped by Yemeni tribesmen two weeks ago have been freed and are well, state-owned news agency Saba said Monday.
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Morocco socialists broaden base ahead of polls
RABAT (Reuters) — Morocco’s once secretive socialists have launched a mass membership drive to boost their chances at polls next year in which their message of secular modernity faces a challenge from resurgent Islamists.
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Libya’s media hints at better ties with US
TRIPOLI (AP) — A thaw in US-Libyan relations was well under way, Libyan newspapers reported Sunday, after US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met her Libyan counterpart on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
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3 October
‘Olmert met secretly with senior Saudi official’
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert held a groundbreaking, secret meeting 10 days ago with a senior Saudi Arabian official, the Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot reported Monday.
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